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"This book explores the American use of atomic bombs, and the role these weapons played in the defeat of the Japanese Empire in World War II. It focuses on President Harry S. Truman's decision making regarding this most controversial of all his decisions. The book relies on notable archival research, and the best and most recent scholarship on the subject to fashion an incisive overview that is fair and forceful in its judgments. This study addresses a subject that has been much debated among historians, and it confronts head-on the highly disputed claim that the Truman administration practiced atomic diplomacy. The book goes beyond its central historical analysis to ask whether it was morally right for the United States to use these terrible weapons against Hiroshima and Nagasaki. It also provides a balanced evaluation of the relationship between atomic weapons and the origins of the Cold War"--

Cover Page -- Half-title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication Page -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations Used in Text and Notes -- Chapter One: Director of the Policy Planning Staff -- Chapter Two: Launching the Marshall Plan -- Chapter Three: Mediterranean Crises: Greece, Italy, and Palestine -- Chapter Four: The North Atlantic Treaty -- Chapter Five: The Division of Germany -- Chapter Six: Titoism, Eastern Europe, and Political Warfare -- Chapter Seven: The Limits of America's China Policy -- Chapte Eight: Japan and Southeast Asia -- Chapter Nine: The Hydrogen Bomb and the Soviet Threat -- Chapter Ten: Korean Dilemmas and Beyond -- Conclusion: America's Global Planner? -- Appendix A: Policy Planning Staff Papers, 1947-1949 -- Appendix B: Consultants Who Appeared before the Policy Planning Staff, 1947-1949 (Partial List) -- Bibliography -- Index.

Miscamble reviews Racing the Enemy: Stalin, Truman, and the Surrender of Japan by Tsuyoshi Hasegawa.

Miscamble reviews 'Another Such Victory: President Truman and the Cold War, 1945-1953' by Arnold A. Offner.